Will Houston’s version of Kermit Gosnell be investigated and charged?

The three informants, Deborah Edge, Gigi Aguliar, and Krystal Rodriguez, have come forward to tell of their horrific experiences working for abortionist Douglas Karpen, at one of three of his Texas abortion clinics, the Aaron Women’s Clinic in Houston. A fourth informant has co-operated with Operation Rescue, filing an affidavit about her experiences, but remains at this time anonymous.

As shocking as their stories are, these women did more than just talk; they brought forward evidence of illegal late-term abortions in the form of photos taken on their cell phones at the Karpen’s clinic on Schumacher Lane in Houston.

The photos were scandalous. They depicted two babies aborted well beyond the legal limit of 24 weeks in Texas. Their necks had been cut.

“The photos show babies that are huge, with gashes in their necks, indicating that these babies were likely born alive, then killed, just as Kermit Gosnell did at his ‘House of Horrors’ clinic in Philadelphia,” said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. “In fact, there are numerous similarities between Karpen and the Gosnell case, including the disregarding of complaints by the authorities that allowed both men to continue their illegal operations.”

Signs of life

In both cases, the babies’ skin is pink, noting a lack of masceration, an early form of decomposition that happens in babies that die in the womb. Massive bruising on the extremities of one of the babies indicates the baby’s heart was pulsing with life when the trauma was inflicted likely when grasping instruments latched on to bring the baby down into the birth canal. The eyes of the other child are open in a nightmarish expression of pain, revealing development greater than 26-28 weeks. Both sets of photos were taken sometime in 2011.

If you are squeamish or sensitive to this issue, you probably need to heed their warnings and not view the photos.

I say that I’m not surprised because there is much evil in this world. Remember, here in Houston, we have a Democratic State Representative, Jessica Farrar, that loves abortion so much that she and other Democratic women in Houston hosts a Christmas Holiday Party in the same building where babies are chopped up and killed. Ghastly tradition and ghastly people.

I spoke with Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue this afternoon and received good news. Someone from Harris County District Attorney Mike Anderson’s office finally contacted him this morning, after this article was published and hundreds of people called Anderson’s office. It’s a damn shame that the District Attorney wouldn’t pick up the phone and call Mr. Newman himself or that he refused to acknowledge Mr. Newman’s repeated requests for help, responding only when pressure was applied. Maybe all the Democratic women that he hired to run that building just aren’t interested.

What is just as troubling is that no one from Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office has called at all. We all know that Gen. Abbott is pro-life, so why on earth would he ignore something this bad, this ugly, this brutal? I hope Gen. Abbott does the right thing and pick up the phone and call Mr. Newman. He should also offer District Attorney Anderson all the resources at his disposal to put this “doctor” where he belongs.

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District Atty. Anderson, Atty. General Abbott, and perhaps even Governor Perry, what are y’all gonna do about this, and when?
The murders/slaughter has got to stop, and the people involved put in prison forever, or strapped to a gurney and given a “Huntsville Hotshot” cocktail, which every murderer or accomplice deserves!
There is not a hole in hell deep enough to drop these people in.

Follow the money? The Texas Medical Board has investigated Karpen before and cleared him of the allegations like these that Operation Rescue is now paying $25k to disgruntled former employees to make. When the chain of “evidence” runs through an extremist group rather than through law enforcement channels, I feel secure in disregarding it — and your hyperbole comparing a local doctor doing legal work with someone from another state whose operation was really incomparable to most abortion providers. Shame on you for not respecting (a) others’ rights to live without interference of your private religious convictions and (b) the difference between a guy running an abortion “clinic” out of a house and a legitimate medical clinic.

@7rs: Is it not more evil to wantonly violate one of the Ten Commandments (“thou shalt not bear false witness”; see also Proverbs 6 for things god hates… like liars) in the pursuit of a religious agenda that pretends to uphold the will of god as it relates to “unborn babies” by likening the 90%-plus of abortions performed in this country during the first ten weeks to what Gosnell was convicted of doing in more than twice that time frame? How disingenuous do you religious nuts think you get to be in pursuit of forcing women to live according to your demented and misogynistic Bronze Age “worldview”? Why do you think you get a free pass to lie about what abortion is *typically* like? And why do you think disgruntled employees who’ve been paid $25k by Operation Rescue are believable but TMB isn’t despite repeated investigations into abortion providers?

Since you’re concerned about evil, is it not also evil to use government to force others to act upon your own supposed religious principles? Is it not an evil abuse of government — especially from advocates (like “Big Jolly”) of smaller, less intrusive government — to allow peculiar religious interpretations to be made into law over and above the private consciences of citizens? Would you be okay with — for example — sharia of a rather extremist sort if enough people decide they want to live under such interpretations of what they consider god’s law?

Normally I don’t bother to reply to anonymous comments. But “seriously?” is seriously deranged.

First off, you have never seen me apply a religious argument to the issue of abortion and you never will. Purely scientific – science says that these “fetuses” are human life. Nothing more, nothing less. As for small government, there is no role of government more fundamental than protecting life.

You make baseless claims about Operation Rescue paying these ex-employees. Prove it. You can’t? No, of course you can’t.

It seems to me that the people that should oppose abortion the most are atheists. After all, if this one life is all we get, shouldn’t we protect it with fervor?

Talk about a strawman argument – sharia law? Geez dude or dudette, get a grip.

Bottom line is that while abortion is legal, aborting babies that have reached the viable stage of development is against the law – it is murder, pure and simple.

seriously?: I asked one simple question and somehow you project an entire argument out of it. Very telling of your training. Again, I’ll ask a question you will be unable to answer because you cannot tell the truth and you simply don’t care about what happened in Houston or Philly. All you care about is power. If the legal systems finds these women to be telling the truth, will you still assume they are lying? Judging by your previous comments I’d say you are bound to a world of your own reality.Here we go (prepare for a non-relevant rant)…Do you think it is ok to tear the head off of a baby?

Seriously?
As one who works closely with the TMB, that does not mean jack.
They are loaded with cases, day after day and dismiss quite a few simply to get them off of their desk.
This is Life at its most vulnerable and at its weakest and it needs protection, not slaughtering.
I won’t push my private religious convictions on you but don’t you push your degenerate convictions on me either.

Well, how does anyone know an investigation is not underway? If it were Abbot nor anyone else involved could comment on it one way or the other. Abbot cannot just tear his way through this world as an avenging Angel. He has to build a case and it is not done overnight.

And will this Doctor be convicted? That depends on what he is tried for and the evidence that is against him. It is typical, in Texas anyway, for their to be a trial before a conviction. That may not set will with some folks, but that’s the way it is.

And then there is that whole Jury thing. People with different views on the world all coming together to make a decision. Our Constitution will not allow for any one person to set themselves up as Judge and Jury without the consent of the accused, so there is also that to deal with.

If there is anything to the accusations they will not be stopped. You might recall a comment in the Bible about that very thing.

My doctor referred me to Aarons Clinic due to my fetal anomaly. He was right! I would recommend Dr. Karpen and Aaron’s Clinic to anyone having to make this choice. I would recommend your facility without question. You are the kinds of professionals we can trust with our bodies and hearts.